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Patented Feb. 23, 1892.

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DWIGHT C. CLAPP, OF OlVOSSO, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF TlVO-THIRDS TO DAVID M. ESTEY, OF SAME PLACE, AND THE ESTEY MANUFACTURING COMPANY.

BUREAU.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 469,542, dated February 23, 1892.

Application filed July 10, 1891. Serial No. 399,031. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DWIGHT C. CLAPP, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Owosso, in the county of Shiawassee and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bureaus; and Iv do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in bureaus and other similar articles or objects. In objects of this character as heretofore usually constructed the drawer-bearers which support the drawers and carry the drawguides have been attached or secured to the side walls of the bureau by means of glue or by nails and the parting-rails mortised into the end posts. This construction is very objectionable in that the drawer bearers and guides are very liable to break loose and get out of place.

The object of my invention is to remedy the above and other defects and provide an improved construction, whereby the drawerbearers are securely retained in position and prevented from accidental displacement.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is 3 5 a perspective View of a portion of a bureau constructed in accordance with my invention, one of the drawer-bearers and parting-rails being removed to show the recesses in the end posts. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of one of the drawer-bearers detached. Fig. 3 is a similar view of one of the parting-rails. Figs. 4 and 5 are views similar to Figs. 2 and 3, showing modified constructions.

In the said drawings, the reference-nmneral 1 designates one end or side panel or wall of an ordinary bureau, 2 the back wall, and 3 and 4: the front and rear end or corner-posts, respectively, consisting of vertical uprights having a series of curved or arc-shaped re-.

cesses 6 on their inner faces, which form the seats for the drawer-bearers 5 and fasteningra-ils 5. These drawer-bearers consist of bars or strips of wood or other suitable material having their ends rounded or curved to correspond with the shape of the recesses 6. They project inwardly a short distance beyond the inner edges of the corner-posts, so as to form supports for the drawers, and their front rounded ends are cut away or reduced, so that when seated in the recesses 6 they will be flush with the innersides of the front posts, against which the drawers abut when in place. These reduced end portions or tenons are provided with mortises 8 to receive the curved tenons 9 on the ends of the parting-rails.

Secured to the drawer-bearers by glue, nails, or otherwise are the drawer-guides 10, which may be of any ordinary or suitable construction.

The operation of the invention will be readilyunderstood. The drawer-bearers are inserted in place, with the rear curved ends seated in the recesses in the rear corner-posts and the reduced or cut-away ends seating in the recesses in the frontposts. The partingrails are then placed in position with their curved ends or tenons seating in the mortises in the said reduced ends of the drawer-bearers.

From the above description it will be seen that the drawer-bearers and parting-rails are securely held in position without any liability of becoming accidentally displaced, while at the same time, owing to the tenon-and-mortise connections of the drawer-bearers and partingrails and the absence of any glue, nails, or other similar fastening devices, the parts can be readily assembled and taken apart when desired.

In Figs. at and 5 I have shown a modified construction of drawer-bearers and partingrails, the latter being formed with grooves 12 upon their inner faces, within which seat tenons 1.3 on the front ends of the drawer-bearers. In this instance the ends of the parting-rails can be inserted in the seats in the front cor ner-posts and the drawer-bearers thus placed in position.

By my invention I provide a cheap, simple, and efficient connection which possesses advantages which will be apparent to those too skilled in the art to which the invention perers by tenon-and-mortise connections, sub- 10 tains. stantiaily as described.

Having thus describedniy invention, what In testimony that I claim the foregoing, as

I claim is-- my ownI have hereunto affixed iny signature 5 In a bureau or similar article, the combiin presence of two Witnesses.

nation, with corner-posts having curved or DWIGHT O. CLAPP. V rounded recesses therein, 01": drawer-bearers Witnesses: seated in said recesses and a parting-rail M. MINER,

joined to the front ends of said draWer-bear- JOHN G. VAN CAMP. 

